Wookie Posted November 18, 2005 Report Share Posted November 18, 2005 At long last something is being done about my least favourite animal. For those of you that don't know, I hate Grey Squirrels. Luckily, IT's greatest ally is backing a mission for the great unwashed Sysadmins of the UK to go out and kill 'em all. Look at this article on The Register for the skinny. As an added bonus, Gordon Ramsey's tame food critic was encouraging people to go out and get the little **** and eat them last night. Gawd bless ya Mr. Coren! Wookie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BountyHunter Posted November 18, 2005 Report Share Posted November 18, 2005 Squirrels are rats with good PR - I love it!! PML :thumbs: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNAKEBITE Posted November 18, 2005 Report Share Posted November 18, 2005 I love squirels. With a honey and corriander glaze :thumbs: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris lewis Posted November 18, 2005 Report Share Posted November 18, 2005 They are ******* to kill. I saw one run up a thin tree , must have been 25 feet up , caught it centre pattern . the little grey ****** lifted out of the tree 2 or 3 feet , feel free fall to the ground in frount of me , nice . It got up and started to run of couldnt beleive it . second barrel , once again centre pattern on the road 15 feet away . fur every where . I still managed to get to the ditch , couldnt find the body . I was using 6 shot 30g special pigeon . still I have scratched up another 8 for the cause and counting > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferret Master Posted November 18, 2005 Report Share Posted November 18, 2005 Hi, I like an airgun for them as it does little if any damage to trees and you can be more precise on where you put the deadly lead. FM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNAKEBITE Posted November 19, 2005 Report Share Posted November 19, 2005 It HAS to be head shots only. They are amazingly tough. The skin is like hard leather, skinning them is hard work but worth it. Even from a short range I have never had a pellet go through the other side, the skin always stops it. I reckon they should make bullet proof vests from squirrels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Browning GTS Posted November 19, 2005 Report Share Posted November 19, 2005 What Squirlvlar Vest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catamong Posted November 19, 2005 Report Share Posted November 19, 2005 I saw my first Red Squirrel 3 weeks ago, it ran across a country lane and stopped to look back at the car - I thought "what the **** was that.. I realised that it was a Red Squirrel - what a lovely little animal, so much more character than those grey tree rats that we see so often. The only problem was, I saw the Squirrel in Picardy, Northern France, not the UK, apparently they are quite common there, its a pity they are on the decrease over here. Double H Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
white fox Posted November 20, 2005 Report Share Posted November 20, 2005 Never seen a wild red squirrel On our estate, the owner can't stand grey squirels. If you stand anywhere on the estate, he will point out the trees that have been ruined by them. The tree growth is very different since the greys arrived, all the top branches are stunted and twisted as a result of then attacking the new shoots, they also strip bark as a hobby. I can take some pics to explain this if anyone wants. We do a squirrel shoot each spring We also trap hundreds each year WF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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